The win means Trump — and Democrats — get their preferred candidate for a general election matchup with James Talarico. WASHINGTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is projected to win Tuesday’s runoff election to become the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, knocking out veteran Sen. John Cornyn and marking the end of a bitter and expensive primary race that divided the party. The race wasn’t even close. National news outlets called it for Paxton with about 50% of the vote in, as he was